New Street Law
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| New Street Law | |
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 New Street Law titles |
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| Genre | Legal drama |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Julie Gardner Nicola Shindler G. F. Newman |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Bird |
| Co-producer(s) | Matthew Hall |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 4 May 2006 – 4 April 2007 |
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New Street Law is a British television legal drama series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and stars an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman. Hannah and Freeman play Jack Roper and Laurence Scammel respectively, two barristers heading rival chambers in Manchester. Roper's chamber works in defence, while Scammel—Roper's one-time mentor—works for prosecution. A large supporting cast play members of Roper and Scammel's teams.
Interior filming took place at studios near Bolton and location work was done on the streets of Manchester. Although the second series did not air until February 2007, there was only a six-week gap between filming.[1]
The first series aired in May and June 2006 in a pre-watershed timeslot on BBC One. The second series was moved to 9 p.m. Low ratings saw the last two episodes moved to a 10.40 p.m. timeslot. In July 2007, the cancellation of the series was announced.[2] This left an unresolved cliffhanger from the second series, with the audience left unaware of whether Jack survived a car crash.
Both series have been released on region 2 DVD by Acorn Media.
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[edit] Cast and characters
- John Hannah as Jack Roper
- Paul Freeman as Laurence Scammel QC
- John Thomson as Charlie Darling
- Lisa Faulkner as Laura Scammel
- Chris Gascoyne as Al Ware
- Penny Downie as Honor Scammel
- Lee Williams as Joe Stevens
- Lara Cazalet as Annie Quick
- Ace Bhatti as Ash Aslan
- Jayne Ashbourne as Sally Benn
- Don Warrington as Judge Ken Winyard
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Series 1 (2006)
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Production code |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Julian Homes | Matthew Hall | 4 May 2006 | NCFS274R |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Julian Holmes | G.F. Newman | 11 May 2006 | NCFS275K |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Julian Holmes | Matthew Hall | 18 May 2006 | NCFS276E |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | David Skynner | Chris Bucknall | 25 May 2006 | NCFS277Y |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | David Skynner | G.F. Newman | 1 June 2006 | NCFS278S |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | David Skynner | Michael Eaton | 8 June 2006 | NCFS279L |
| 7 | "Episode 7" | Emma Bodger | Matthew Hall | 15 June 2006 | NCFS280F |
| 8 | "Episode 8" | Emma Bodger | Matthew Hall | 21 June 2006 | NCFS281A |
[edit] Series 2 (2007)
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Production code |
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| 9 | "Episode 1" | David Skynner | Matthew Hall | 21 February 2007 | NCFT178J |
| 10 | "Episode 2" | David Skynner | James McIntyre | 28 February 2007 | NCFT179D |
| 11 | "Episode 3" | Clara Glynn | Chris Bucknall | 7 March 2007 | NCFT180X |
| 12 | "Episode 4" | Clara Glynn | Matthew Hall | 14 March 2007 | NCFT181R |
| 13 | "Episode 5" | Dominic Keavey | James McIntyre | 26 March 2007 | NCFT182K |
| 14 | "Episode 6" | Dominic Keavey | Matthew Hall | 4 April 2007 |
[edit] References
- ^ Wylie, Ian. "New Street Law returns", Manchester Evening News, 2007-02-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ Holmwood, Leigh. "BBC dramas may be axed", Media Guardian, 2007-07-11. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
[edit] External links
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